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A framework for addressing student academic dishonesty in higher education from a student development perspective
(1992)
Research on academic dishonesty supports the contention that academic dishonesty is a student development dilemma. Yet the literature also supports the contention that higher education institutions appear to address academic ...
Profile of the school dropout : perceptions of the early school leaver
(1992)
The dilemma of high school dropouts has achieved unprecedented urgency at national, state, and local levels. Educators continually attempt to define the role of the public school system in interpreting, evaluating, and ...
International corn and soybean transportation system : Quadratic programming models
(1993)
Grain producers and merchants have long relied on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers to transport com and soybeans from producing areas in the Com Belt to international and domestic markets. Many of the locks and ...
Communication strategies on dropout prevention as perceived by public school superintendents and public relations directors
(1992)
The primary purpose of this study was to identify dropout prevention, communication strategies that can be used by administrators to assist them in keeping students in school. These strategies were derived from the perceptions ...
Comparison of readability of specialty knowledge tests to reading abilities of Air Force enlisted personnel
(1993)
The purpose of this study was to determine how well the Specialty Knowledge Tests (SKTs) selected for this study matched the airman population assigned to their respective Air Force career fields in regard to reading grade ...
Integration of geographic information systems with simulation models for watershed erosion prediction
(1993)
Watershed management concerns are focused on conserving land and water resources. To address such concerns, there is a need for an in-depth understanding of the complex and inherent variability of natural processes occurring ...
Prediction models and recovery strategies for the savings and loan industry : an evaluation of the endogenous and exogenous elements
(1992)
It is the purpose of this study to determine the turnaround strategies used by recovered savings institutions and use them to predict which thrifts might regain their solvency given sufficient time. The study focused upon ...
The effective use of microcomputers for information management as perceived by school public relations specialists and public school superintendents
(1992)
The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the perceptions of school public relations specialists and selected public school superintendents concerning die effective use of micro-computers for the management of ...
The practice of Jeffersonian democratic ideals in selected contemporary American high schools : a naturalistic inquiry
(1992)
The role of the school as an agent of socialization for democratization, recognized as vital to the preservation of democracy in the early history of this nation by Thomas Jefferson and other of the Founding Fathers, is ...
Land economic impact of fixed guideway rapid transit systems on urban development in selected metropolitan areas : the issue of the price-distance gradients
(1991)
This research investigates and evaluates the impact of rapid-transit systems on land values in the vicinity of transit stations in large metropolitan areas. The data is based on ad valorem tax assessment before and after ...